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overstretched

英 [ˌəʊvəˈstretʃt]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈstretʃt]

adj.  (系统、机构等)超负荷运转的,硬撑着的
v.  (使)勉强维持,硬撑着,超负荷运转
overstretch的过去分词和过去式

过去式:overstretched 过去分词:overstretched 

BNC.36475 / COCA.40887

柯林斯词典

  • ADJ-GRADED (系统、机构等)超负荷运转的,硬撑着的
    If a system or organization isoverstretched, it is being forced to work more than it is supposed to.
    1. The crime rate is rising rapidly at present and the police force is overstretched...
      当前的犯罪率急剧上升,警力不堪重负。
    2. Analysts fear the overstretched air traffic control system could reach breaking point.
      分析人士担心超负荷运转的空中交通管制系统会面临崩溃。

双语例句

  • Fiscal positions in the west were often overstretched when the global financial crisis erupted.
    全球金融危机爆发后,西方的财政状况常常过度紧张。
  • Much of our focus has been on the challenges of staying mentally healthy in an overstretched and under-funded mental health system.
    我们大部分的注意力被集中在了如何在原先就有偏差且先天不足的心理健康系统中努力的保持心理健康。
  • The overstretched knee ligaments and tendons are also usually accompanied by changes in adjacent muscle groups, including the soleus muscle, which is deep in the calf.
    过度伸展的膝关节韧带和肌腱通常也伴随着相邻肌群的变化,比如小腿深层的比目鱼肌。
  • Many fear that China's overstretched property market will collapse, leaving insupportable debts in its wake.
    很多人害怕中国过热的房产市场崩盘,留下一堆无法支撑的债务。
  • The households and governments of the big deficit countries, such as the US and UK, are overstretched.
    在美英等赤字庞大的国家,家庭和政府都已透支过度。
  • It will be a major challenge to introduce mechanisms that do not over-burden already overstretched health systems.
    引入一些机制而不让已经负担过度卫生系统超负荷,这是一个重大的挑战。
  • He overstretched his lines of supply and then divided his forces in the face of the enemy.
    他拖长了自己的补给线并分兵多处应对敌军。
  • In this vision of the future, American saving would rise as overstretched borrowers repaid their debts.
    在这种对未来的设想中,随着透支过度的贷款者偿还其债务,美国的储蓄会增加。
  • Overstretched banks and global insurers are not the only things that are too big too fail.
    举债过多的银行和全球保险商并不是唯一大到不能倒的事物。
  • Yet while these agreements are proving a boon for overstretched Indian industrial houses and expanding Chinese state-backed banks alike, in other ways the story of the corporate links spanning these two Asian economies is rather less happy.
    然而,尽管这些协议为印度亟需资金的工业企业和中国扩张中的国有控股银行都是一件好事,但在其他方面,这两个亚洲经济体之间企业纽带的故事并不都那么皆大欢喜。